Our own country, where we would often consider ourselves the most civilized ...promotes an absurdity of the right to kill babies. And it is getting to the point of discussing whether it should go beyond the realm of unborn ...to a furthering age of merely unwanted.
One of the esteemed universities in my own state: paid $1,000 to a pro-choice artist who delivered a presentation and presented her "4,000 Years of Choice" collection. One piece in the collection declares "abortion is a gift from God."
It is presented as "reproductive justice" and for the good ...but the good I stand with would never state that.
Other nations and certain religions dominant in those nations can't even talk about women's rights at all ...let's make a distinction here, mentioning true women's rights as equal human beings created by God, not inclusive of taking other lives also given to us by God's design.
Are people born good? Well, people are born as babies ...and to suggest, as I've heard some say, that babies are narcissistic, is to me absurd. Excessive love or admiration of oneself is not what I've assessed it to be. I see a desire and comfort that God has created for the baby towards its Mom.
One of the names describing God, is El Shaddai. It is first mentioned in God's promise to multiply Abraham's offspring ...and is a relationship-type description that God often reveals to us through the Names.
El Shaddai is often described as Almighty ...El meaing might, strength, and power. Shad means breast or pourer-forth. Dai means enough or sufficient. El Shaddai is referred to as the All-sufficient God.
In Kay Arthur's book, entitled, To Know Him by Name, she says, "A baby crying ---restless. Nothing can quiet the baby? Yes, the breast can."
She then writes, "A babe pining ---starving. The baby's life is ebbing away. The baby cannot take man's proper food; and will die. No, the breast can give fresh life, nourishment. By her breast the Mom has almost infinite power over the child."
A power, an influence, a dependency ...created by God, that we often forget when we think we are old enough to be independent.
A healthy baby born into a healthy family is in sort of a Garden of Eden ...and it is the introduction of outside influences that often causes much confusion.
God told man not to eat the fruit of a certain tree. God also planned a surprise for the man, but first brought all the animals and birds to man to give names to ...after God named the man, Adam. Before God gave Adam his surprise, He let Adam see all the pairs ...and see his own need, for the one that would be paired with him.
God was with Adam ...and by eating the fruit was going against what God had said. Going against, or separating from God on any thing is called sin. So, after that everyone is born into sin ...or sort of a gap that needs to be bridged. We need to choose Him, and we do that by accepting Jesus.
We all have to choose, and we begin by learning from imperfect people, often with imperfect motives, and struggling in an imperfect world.
For one, no child is going to be able to understand the concept of withholding. And it is humanly impossible for any of us to resist every one of those influences ...hence, we are all sinners.
A baby born into an unstable family is not likely going to begin on equal ground ...as the baby is going to get introduced early to bad things. Yet, sometimes this perspective helps the child grow seeking better things ...but I would never favor this direction over starting out right.
Yet, right doesn't mean everything is right ...and our imperfect world does not get better by our own efforts to attempt to make it better. We must turn to the One who is perfect ...who perfectly glorified who God is, previous to His death on the cross.
The Holy Spirit is very active ...yet, so is the enemy. We all develop perspectives, participate in conclusions, and grow our own character according to which influence we allow to become dominant.
If a person feels they've been slighted, they may have a tendency to gravitate towards selfish means ...and often may become mean. That tendency seems to be stronger than a person who has experienced an abundance of things ...who wants to share. But, those who have much usually would prefer to share with those who have nothing, than to those who give nothing in the way of gratefulness.
The fact is, bad behavior thrives more on dominance than does good. That is why so many countries are governed by bad policy, laws, and people. It doesn't mean the majority of the people are bad, they just mostly lean towards being less confrontational.
And I don't think it's inaccurate to say that those who live in bad countries who know it, are better off than those who live in countries where bad is twisted and reformed to look good.
So, I do not look to laws to curb bad behavior, if God is not the standard of what good is.
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